Tuesday edition - September 11, 2007

Only 497 days left of Bush

President Bush will make another nationally televised speech to the country on Thursday to defend his Iraq policy. The president is still a bit jet-lagged. He just returned from Australia where he made a pilgrimage to the birthplace of Fox News. - Argus Hamilton

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News

• US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3772 The Associated Press

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• US announces 9 troop deaths Los Angeles Times

• Iraq group sets 10-day deadline for German hostage Reuters

• Iraqi insurgents threaten to kill German AP

• Tour of Baghdad shows progress uneven AP

• Analysis: Iraq 'victory' sites lowered AP

• Mueller: Bin Laden tape no great shakes CNN

• Sheehan, Others Arrested Outside Hearing Washington Post

General David Petraeus arrived on Capitol Hill Monday for two days of testimony and to give the Armed Services Committee his long-awaited report on Iraq. There's evidence that President Bush heavily edited the report. Every third word is misspelled.  - Argus Hamilton

GOP Erosion

A prominent Republican on Tuesday said he remains deeply skeptical of the U.S. war strategy in Iraq, comparing the long and bloody military campaign to a farmer risking his savings to plant on a flood plain.

Disturbing News

• Congo confirms deadly Ebola outbreak AP

• Gray whale numbers remain greatly reduced: study Reuters

Wafah Dufour, niece of Osama bin Laden, arrives at the Marc Jacobs 2008 Spring collection show during the New York Fashion Week September 10, 2007.Photo/Lucas Jackson

Petraeus and Crocker Face Hume Humiliation (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Gen. Petraeus and Crocker on Fox
(Not exactly the school of hard knocks)
Where they weave and they spin
And avow “We must win,”
While Brit Hume bows and kisses their socks.

Republican Shenanigans

• Thompson, McCain pick up ground in new poll Boston Globe

• Thompson Says He's No Churchgoer, Won't Tout Religion on Stump Bloomberg

• Losing Candidate Blames Republican Party San Francisco Chronicle

• Republicans Pile On Over MoveOn Ad New York Times

• Open mic catches crude congressman CNN

www.anntelnaes.com 

“According to a new Pew Research poll, over 60% of people in the country of Jordan consider Americans to be rude. It's not that bad when you consider that over 100% of people from other Middle Eastern countries think Americans are Satan.”- Jay Leno

Karl Rove Update

The congressional investigation into whether former Gov. Don Siegelman was prosecuted for political reasons advanced Thursday when an Alabama woman at the heart of the case agreed to be interviewed privately and under oath next week in Washington.

Rainsville Jill Simpson will answer questions from two staff members of the House Judiciary Committee next Friday, according to her attorney, Priscilla Duncan.

Simpson's written statement in May that she overheard Alabama Republicans in 2002 discuss White House knowledge of a federal investigation into Siegelman's administration prompted Democrats to question whether the case had been orchestrated by Republicans with political motives...In the statement, Simpson said that Bill Canary, a Republican adviser to Gov. Bob Riley, told Riley's son in a phone call that Siegelman would not be a political problem. Canary's wife is Leura Canary, the U.S. attorney in Montgomery whose staff handled the Siegelman investigation.

"William `Bill' Canary told him not to worry, that he had already gotten it worked out with Karl and Karl had spoken with the Department of Justice and the Department of Justice was already pursuing Don Siegelman," Simpson said in her affidavit. She said the reference was to President Bush's close political, adviser Karl Rove.
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Atheist, Muslim candidates worry voters AP

Vegas taking bets on which will end first: the War or Global Warming  - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com 

Biz-Tech News

• Oil prices near all-time high Guardian Unlimited

• Trade deficit declines slightly AP

• Toys "R" Us stepping up toy testing Reuters.uk

• China: Inflation hits 10-year high CNN International

• Mexico leader visits India's tech hub AP

• Overweight trucks damage infrastructure AP

• Apple Sells 1 Million IPhones in 74 Days Forbes

• FAA Urges Pilots to Use a Digital Transmitter New York Times

The MoveOn Ad  

Chinese Revolt?

Thousands of demobilized Chinese soldiers rioted last week at training centers in at least three cities in an extremely rare series of coordinated demonstrations, a human rights group said Tuesday.

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Amnesty film shows agony of US detention Independent, UK

• Enemies Reunite at Guantanamo The Associated Press

‘Old Navy” Stores Looted, After Hiring Rumsfeld as CEO

By Don Davis

Your Tax Dollars At Work

Terror war at the henhouse door? Farmers scratching their heads

"I really don't think anyone would want to blow up a turkey farm, unless they really like blowing things up," said Meschke. "I think the terrorists' priority is to hurt people, not turkeys."
 

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Cheney will visit Kansas City to raise funds for Sam Graves Kansas City Star, MO

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Odd News

• `Wardrobe malfunction' heads to court AP

• Britney was bad, yes. But fat? CNN

• Buy Che's hair? Beware: I smell scam Palm Beach Post

• DNA sample in McCanns’ car ‘has 100% match to Madeleine’ Times Online

• Bag snatcher turns out to be policeman Reuters

• Tot tumbles from repossessed car AP

• Mugger in Germany foiled by blind judo expert Reuters

• Radio frequencies help burn salt water AP

A real-life Egyptian cobra guards a pair of ruby- sapphire- and diamond-encrusted sandals by designer Rene Caovilla at Harrods department store London.Photo/Shaun Curry

Peace.